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User talk:Joaquín Martínez/archive6
ilike your words on frnech painters i like painting am frenchman :)
(12:30, 19 May 2008) User:Frenchman
- 1 Te Papa
- 2 Block/Debate
- 3 re: Japan
- 4 Vandal
- 5 Great quote
- 6 Tom Moore
- 7 McCain Revert
- 8 Nudity in the muralism article
- 9 Nice Masterpiece!
- 10 Barack Obama has a Catholic problem
- 11 Images
- 12 News suggestions
- 14 Featured articles
- 15 Don Quixote
- 16 Please create the articles in red
- 17 Dance
- 18 A favour, please
- 19 Vittu
- 20 Literature
- 21 A vicarious favour, please
- 22 Famous Groups?
- 23 Block request
- 24 Falkland Islands
- 25 Logo policy
- 26 Photo
- 27 Toot Toot!!
- 28 Thank you
- 29 G'day Joaquín
- 30 A million photos from LIFE magazine now online!!
- 31 Gallery
- 32 Happy Holidays
- 33 Merry Christmas!!
- 34 Fabulous artwork
- 35 !Happy New Year, Joaquín!
- 36 Superb news posting
- 37 A belated thank you!
- 38 Featured Page
- 39 Images
- 40 Sysop
- 41 Redirects
- 42 Baroque Architecture
- 43 Cleaning featured articles
- 44 American heroes
- 45 Joaquín, old mate!
- 46 Thanks again
- 47 Good morning
- 48 Cuba
- 49 St. Matthew Passion
- 50 Vienna
- 51 Psssst...Joaquín
- 52 Thanks
- 53 Email
- 54 Influenza
- 55 Mexico
- 56 Thanks for your artwork contributions to Conservapedia and....
Te Papa
Thanks for updating that! AdenJ 08:02, 23 May 2008 (EDT)
- You are welcome| --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 08:03, 23 May 2008 (EDT)
If you ever get a chance to visit my country you must see the Museum. I have been there many times and still have not seen it all. AdenJ 08:05, 23 May 2008 (EDT)
- OK, thanks. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 08:06, 23 May 2008 (EDT)
Hey. I saw the debate that had been posted about "Are Mormons Christians". I think that that's a good topic to discuss, but I also noticed that you blocked the last user who attempted to bring it up. I want to start the debate again, but I don't want to get blocked. So, if it's inappropriate, will you please explain why? JimmyP 22:56, 28 May 2008 (EDT)
- The reason is already given. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 11:13, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
Is it? I'm sorry, then, but I haven't seen it. Could you please just humor me? (And I'm not trying to be rude or anything. I'm honestly curious.) JimmyP 13:27, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
Are you going to ignore me? JimmyP 14:58, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
- As soon as I have some free time, OK? --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 15:02, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
- I believe this is a too controversial issue. Andy also deleted it; you may ask him too. God bless you. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 15:39, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
Why does controversy mean that it can't be disscussed? Should we avoid things because they're controversial? And Andy blocked the first guy to put it up because he violated the 90/10 rule. JimmyP 15:42, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
- Andy deleted the old debate article too. May be you can choose another name, not offensive. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 15:46, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
He deleted it because the guy broke the 90/10 rule for too much talk. And what do you mean "choose anther name"? In fairness, anyone can be offended by anything. There will never be anything that everything is okay with. So just because someone doesn't like it, should we not talk about it? JimmyP 15:52, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
- I understand your point. In my opinion it is an offensive issue to doubt about the core faith of this religion. But I don't think my word is the last one. Please contact Andy. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 15:57, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
Fair enough. Thank you for your time. JimmyP 15:59, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
- You're welcome! --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 16:00, 29 May 2008 (EDT)
re: Japan
Hi - thank you for the invitation, I'll definitely have a look and see how I can help, although I haven't lived there for a few years, so I might be a bit behind on some things :) Arigatou! --JessicaTOhayo gozaimasu! 12:03, 30 May 2008 (EDT)
Hi Joaquin - not sure if you're online, but maybe you'd better stop Marxlol - he's already had a go at Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Thanks! --JessicaTOhayo gozaimasu! 11:07, 1 June 2008 (EDT)
Great quote
Great quote from Hazlitt in welfare, Joaquin! I really learned from that one. Thank you.--Aschlafly 08:29, 3 June 2008 (EDT)
- You are very welcome Andy. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 08:30, 3 June 2008 (EDT)
Tom Moore
Can you elaborate on why Tom Moore was blocked? A month is a long time to cut off a productive, thoughtful contributor like him over a difference of opinion on editing. He represents a different point of view, but when someone does research and puts in encyclopedic content with valid references, then he deserves an academic-level response, not the sledgehammer of a block. I'll probably get blocked myself for saying this (I just came off of a 1-week block for "supporting a troublemaker" over a math issue), but it's becoming apparent that while we mere editors have to argue points on merit, some of the people with block privileges are using it to end arguments and smack down people whose views annoy them, instead of reserving it for vandals and the like. --DinsdaleP 22:12, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
- Dear Dinsdale. I am sure that Conservapedia needs a lot of work to reach its goals. Some of us work hard to get that dream. I personally don't have time to loose. Soon I will start a new novel. But I will give some minutes.
He has been warned 2 times not to delete valuable materials. Sometimes I spend hours searching for them. It is not fair to loose this work just because some one does not care. He also has a nice history of blocks of short time. The only way that I see to stop him is with this kind of blocking.
I hope this is enough. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 22:27, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
- After stating what he wanted to change in the article, he was asked to "improve the article" by another sysop (HenryS), which could be interpreted as permission to do so. I would recommend removing the block because it does appear he was given permission. DanH 22:44, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
Still, he was told to "improve the article", which means we need to assume good faith here. DanH 22:54, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
- Before he first edited the article, it was in bad shape. With nasty vandalism and all. HenryS 22:55, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
Thanks for clarifying. I still maintain he should not have been blocked for a month, as he was trying to make good faith edits to improve the article and was not trying to push a POV or anything. I also maintain that his block history should not be considered, as most of his blocks have been considered unjust and overturned. DanH 22:57, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
- Agreed. I have not looked at his block log, but after looking at the edits in question I did not see any POV either. Rather than a block he should be encouraged to use talk. I hope Joaquin agrees. HenryS 23:02, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
He has tried using talk on some of these articles before but simply been told "no, it should stay as it is" without being given a good reason, so I don't quite blame him. But I agree with your suggestion totally, and will try to keep a closer eye on these talk pages. DanH 23:04, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
- Thanks, guys.
- Joaquin, I am curious as to why you think the Pericles image (the only thing I removed) should be on that page, since he isn't mentioned at all except for a link to his page (where the image would belong). I didn't think it should be there, so I removed it and suggested a change you could make if you wanted to re-add it: namely, talking about Pericles somehow on the page. If you think Pericles is important to greek influence on western culture, it would seem reasonable to say why, instead of insisting on just including his image, regardless of how important you personally might think it is. If you spent a long time looking for it, I'm sorry, but that's not really grounds for including it on a page to which it has no relation at the current time. Thank you and I hope you understand my position.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 23:07, 5 June 2008 (EDT)
- Please respond, Joaquin, so we can resolve this.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 15:15, 6 June 2008 (EDT)
- Well, I know you've read this by now, Joaquin, since a little message appears at the top reminding you that you have new messages, and you have been on and editing over the past days this has been up here. So presumably you are just ignoring it. That's not very reasonable when I am trying to resolve the issue with this page, so I think if you are on again and editing without responding, it is reasonable for me to re-make my changes. It's not fair you just refuse to discuss it--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 13:55, 7 June 2008 (EDT)
- I am reverting back to my last good version, Joaquin. I still encourage you to discuss it, if you are still interested.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 12:46, 9 June 2008 (EDT)
- Hey Joaquin, I noticed that despite my many messages here asking for explanation, you have reverted my edit today some days after I made it, without explanation here or on my talk page or on the article's talk page. I would refer you to Conservapedia's Guidelines, which suggest, "Let others know what you are doing, and respond quickly to queries."
- Please do me the courtesy of replying, not just reverting without explanation.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 23:00, 15 June 2008 (EDT)
- I see you have reverted again. You know a little box pops up when you have a new message, so Im pretty confident you have seen this by now, especially since you have replied to other people here. This is incredibly rude.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 11:52, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
- I'm not sure what I have to do to get you to give me some basic respect as an editor. You won't discuss your edit, you just keep reverting. You just did it again. Why are you so insistent on putting paragraphs in blockquotes when it is needless, rewriting the page to poorer English, and inserting a picture of an Athenian general who is not mentioned in the article?--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 14:01, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
- Well, here we are again. Joaquin, we need to reach a conclusion about the page. I replied with completeness to your previous response, but you have left the page protected and have not replied to resolve it again. Please do so.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 13:29, 17 June 2008 (EDT)
- I'm not sure what I have to do to get you to give me some basic respect as an editor. You won't discuss your edit, you just keep reverting. You just did it again. Why are you so insistent on putting paragraphs in blockquotes when it is needless, rewriting the page to poorer English, and inserting a picture of an Athenian general who is not mentioned in the article?--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 14:01, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
- I see you have reverted again. You know a little box pops up when you have a new message, so Im pretty confident you have seen this by now, especially since you have replied to other people here. This is incredibly rude.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 11:52, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
- I have nothing else to say. Read carefully my explanation. Amen. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 16:12, 17 June 2008 (EDT)
- You didn't say anything to help resolve the conflict. Do you object to my edits still? If so, you need to go back to that page and say why. You don't get to just ignore the discussion. Your power doesn't make you correct; might doesn't make right.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 20:47, 17 June 2008 (EDT)
- Tom, it is time to back down from this issue. Joaquin has been a very prolific contributor to Conservapedia who has gone out of his way to avoid the controversial areas that others flock to, including you. Indeed, we owe almost our entire section of artists and artworks to Joaquin. As a man of the arts, his perspectives are different than your practical methodologies. So Pericles, as a symbol of Greece, has the right fit for a picture in the article. Who is to say that is wrong? He doesn't get tied down in the type of incessant debating that you enjoy, and would prefer to simply create. He has incorporated many of the changes that you made, and that is a form of honor to your suggestions. Beyond that, you've drilled this topic as far as you can. Be pleased with the presentations that you've made and that you have been able to express yourself, and be pleased with the information that you have provided that was incorporated into the article, and now move on to other areas where your own skills and knowledge could continue to be beneficial. Learn together 03:03, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
- No. I am not going to do that. I am sorry, LT, but that is wholly unacceptable to me. You would like me to cater to him after the way I have been treated in this matter? Joaquin had blocked me, ignored me, and insulted me. There has not been even the hint of an apology. And now he will be rewarded?
- What if I were to go to the absurd author page and rewrite that, and he decided he wanted to put in a picture of Shel Silverstein - even though Shel wasn't in the article? And of course he'd have to put a variety of paragraphs he found elsewhere on the page, in italics and blockquotes. If I protest, he can lock it and just completely ignore me again.He can't abuse me and ignore me and then get entirely his way, just because he is a sysop. That's not right. And if I give an inch, next he'll take a mile.
- He accused me of removing important information, and I proceeded to show very clearly that I did not. He accused me of removing images, and I showed very clearly that they are not relevant. And you think it is appropriate for me to just give him his way, ignoring my own thoughts on the matter - why, because he has a background in the arts? I have a master's in English Literature! Compare the two versions of the article!
- No, he doesn't get to be right, just because he has power. Not while I am around - although many a sysop would be happy to be rid of me because of my beliefs and forthrightness. But a sysop is just another editor to me. And Joaquin is just another editor.
- So I want an apology, and I want him to unlock the article so I can undo his changes. I'm not going to be disruptive, don't worry. I won't spam anything, I won't put anything on the main page, etc. But I am going to request from him every day I am on CP that he do these two things. If he is willing to just ignore people rather than work with them, he can ignore me every day.--Tom Moorefiat justitia ruat coelum 12:28, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
- Tom you are taking this way too personally and you are making a minor editing difference a major focus. You have to let things go. You've made good edits; that should be your reward. The obsessiveness of this ongoing response far exceeds the importance of the difference. You are being highly disruptive, and that is not something that we can tolerate on this site. At least respect that Joaquin predates you by over a year, and has gone to great pains to avoid editing controversial subjects, and disdains exactly the type of thing that you are trying to force him into. You have now complained on four different talk pages. Your continued efforts to turn up the heat must cease or I will be forced to block you to give you a chance to cool down, not because of your beliefs or forerightness, but because of your "Hillary Clintonish" way of needing to win at all costs. Please consider this carefully. Learn together 20:23, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
- He wasn't focused on the minor difference, he was focused on the rightfully major issue that JM rode rough-shod over the entire process. It was only a big deal because a)JM wouldn't see reason and b)sysops like yourself didn't expend 1/10th the energy posting to JM about how he was mistaken that was spent posting to TM about how he was being too sensitive.
- You do understand that quality editors who can make substantive, thought-provoking contributions are likely to be thoughtful, inteligent people in general, right? If you only want grade-school contributions then, by all means, treat your editors like grade-schoolers. If you want mature thinking, likewise. Aziraphale 21:15, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
McCain Revert
The edits I made didn't change the substance of the article. But the term "Democrat" when referring to the party, is considered a pejorative. It's "Democratic party" or "Democratic Senator", not "Democrat Party" and "Democrat Senator". Unless you have a specific reason for going back to the insulting term, I am going to change it back to the proper terms. Thanks! --Jareddr 08:57, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
- Not so sure, I will ask for help. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 09:01, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
- From CP's article on the Democratic Party, "Members and supporters of the Democratic Party are known as Democrats, and historically the party has sometimes been called the "Democrat Party," which the party considers a pejorative term." --Jareddr 09:05, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
OK. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 09:10, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
Can you delete the following categories for me Category:Russian history, Category:Japanese mythology, Category:Religious organizations Category:Byzantine emperors-- 20:04, 16 June 2008 (EDT)
Nudity in the muralism article
Since I respect your status here on Wikipedia as a conservative hispanic I would like you to look at and address my current concerns about nudity in your visual example on your article about muralism. See the talk page where I raise my concerns. I actually liked the previous non-controversial example of a mural you used following my initial concerns about bare breasts, but the recent version may have some problems. With all respect, muchas gracias mi amigo! --AdmiralNelson 19:42, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
Joaquin, I applaud your posting of the mural. I believe that Americans are far too sensitive about the human body- it is a sad example of such oversensitivity that non-pornographic images displaying the beauty of the human body have to be censored. I believe the mural is in good taste and CP would do well to include it. -- Aaronp
- I'm sorry, but this is CONSERVAPEDIA and not WIKIPEDIA. Please note that Conservapedia Commandment number 3 unambiguously states:
Edits/new pages must be family-friendly, clean, concise, and without gossip or foul language.
- It is a slippery slope. Once we allow blatantly nude pictures here, where do we stop? Andy espouses home schooling (which I've done with my son) and using Wikipedia I constantly and inadvertently run across inappropriate language and images. That's why I prefer Conservapedia which, ostensibly, pays attention to, and tries to suppress, inadvertent offensive language and images (please re-read Commandment 3 above). If you looked at the original image that I was complaining about it's pretty unambiguous that large and conspicuous breasts were the focus of that picture. Joaquin replaced it with a perfectly appropriate and non-offensive image which still demonstrated the technique of muralism. I'm mystified as to why he subsequently replaced that perfectly inoffensive image with the current one which is, once again, more problematic. Did you click on the links I posted above? Those are images that I retrieved with Google Safe Search set to ON and are totally inappropriate for young children and adolescents, and they are images of sections of the mural Joaquin is currently posting. Frankly, I'm mystified as to why this is an issue at all. Be conservative, be moral, be inoffensive. There are lots of other safe examples of mexican murals that don't cause this problem. Why choose this one? --AdmiralNelson 20:13, 18 June 2008 (EDT)
Nice Masterpiece!
Very nice masterpiece this week! Inspirational indeed. Thank you!--Aschlafly 09:33, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
- You are very welcome, Andy. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 14:32, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
Barack Obama has a Catholic problem
Joaquín, the Main page article goes to the wrong article "How NOT to Have Electricity". --DeanStalk 14:33, 11 August 2008 (EDT)
- Thank you. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 18:17, 11 August 2008 (EDT)
- Thanks for fixing the link before someone complained about it on the talk page. --DeanStalk 18:30, 11 August 2008 (EDT)
Joaquin, thanks much for your efforts, and you've raised an interesting point about Mexico's copyright law. However, I would expect American copyright law to apply to govern images on this site. Thanks again.--Aschlafly 17:44, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
- Fine. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 22:21, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
News suggestions
Joaquín, since you post to the "In the news" section of the Main page, I'm requesting your help with the [[Wikiproject:News/Suggestions#New_Suggestion|News suggestions]]. So far, 54 of these suggestions have already been posted to the Main page and moved to the [[Wikiproject:News/Suggestions/Archives|suggestion archives]]. With your help, we can continue to receive and post positive suggestions from our editors.
Please review the [[Wikiproject:News/Suggestions#New_Suggestion|suggestions]]. If you like one (or more of them), please post the article(s) on Template:Mainpageright and add a note that you posted their suggestion. If you don't like a suggestion, add a comment and the suggestion will be moved to the suggestions talk page. I will take care of the rest (archiving, updating counts, etc). Thanks for your assistance. --DeanStalk 11:11, 18 September 2008 (EDT)
- OK, I will. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 11:13, 18 September 2008 (EDT)
- Thanks for your support. I see you already posted one suggestion. --DeanStalk 18:48, 18 September 2008 (EDT)
Joaquín, this is gorgeous! ~BethTalk2ME 10:31, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
- My pleasure. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 11:48, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
Featured articles
Joaquín, please comment here on my proposed idea to add a category to the past featured articles. --DeanStalk 12:19, 24 October 2008 (EDT)
- Thanks for your steady stream of excellent contributions. Every time I look at Recent changes, I look forward to seeing your latest edits! :-) --Ed Poor Talk 12:09, 3 November 2008 (EST)
- Thank you! --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 12:11, 3 November 2008 (EST)
Don Quixote
Do you happen to have a picture of Don Quixote? The article could use one, and I don't want to go looking if one's already been uploaded. Thanks--CPalmer 11:59, 17 November 2008 (EST)
- We do have one:
--User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 13:35, 17 November 2008 (EST)
- Thanks - I suspected you would be the man to ask.--CPalmer 07:17, 18 November 2008 (EST)
Please create the articles in red
- Famous landscape paintings - 70 searches a day, from top 3 search engines
- Famous French paintings - 28 searches day, from top 3 search engines
- Famous Bible paintings - 19 searches a day, from top 3 search engines
- Famous artists - 1,596 searches a day, from top 3 search engines
- Romantic paintings - 34 searches a day, from top 3 search engines
- Antique paintings - 42 searches a day, from top 3 search engines
- Famous American artists - 206 searches a day, from top 3 search engines
Please use the title of the article throughout the article but please do not overdue it and annoy your readers. Let me know how it works out as far as your http://www.google.com, http://www.yahoo.com/, and http://www.msn.com/ search rankings.
conservative 01:49, 18 November 2008 (EST)
- Great. Thanks. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 07:10, 18 November 2008 (EST)
- I suggest removing your present external links for Famous French paintings and use some of the links you find here instead: http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=famous+french+paintings&btnG=Google+Search and http://www.cuil.com/search?q=famous+french+paintings conservative 07:56, 18 November 2008 (EST)
Would you please like to raise your concerns on the talk page where I have clearly outlined the images are not appropriate in the external links section of an article. NormanS 19:14, 18 November 2008 (EST)
A favour, please
Hi Joaquin. Please could you uploadn this http://www.marxistbooks.gr/Marxistbooks%20-%20Greek%20language%20Home%20Page.files/healy_f.jpg if it's fair use to the article Gerry Healy. I've got 'upload' powers but am not sure how to do it. Many thanks, Bugler 09:19, 25 November 2008 (EST)
- Done. Don't forget to protect any image uploaded. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 09:22, 25 November 2008 (EST)
- Thanks, Joaquin. I'm following what you do to try and learn. Bugler 10:15, 25 November 2008 (EST)
- I think you have to be a sysop to protect the images. That is why I check the upload list periodically and protect the articles made by those with only upload rights. --DeanStalk 16:42, 27 November 2008 (EST)
Is a vandal. Please block him. NormanS 08:20, 27 November 2008 (EST)
Joaquín, I just saw how much you've added to the Literature article. Fantastic job! -Foxtrot 17:15, 27 November 2008 (EST)
- Good to see more work in literary pages! Joaquin, if you'd be able to upload title/cover pages from the various book articles I've made, it'd be great. I'd love to add them to the pages. - Rod Weathers 18:22, 27 November 2008 (EST)
A vicarious favour, please
G'day, Joaquín. Please see the request from Bugler at Category talk:Image. It concerns the article Goole. Can you do the right thing please? AlanE 13:27, 28 November 2008 (EST)
- Thanks mate. AlanE 17:01, 28 November 2008 (EST)
- My pleasure. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 17:02, 28 November 2008 (EST)
Famous Groups?
I have a question about the Famous American Artists/Musicians page. I'm wondering what to do about folks who are partly or more famous as part of a group instead of as an individual. Do you want to include groups in the Artists/Musicians pages, or start a separate Famous Groups page? (Also, fyi, I'm hoping to find time this weekend to start knocking out some of the red links on the Musicians page)--RossC 18:53, 28 November 2008 (EST)
- Excellent, good luck! Please could you ask my advisor (A) about technical questions? --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 21:48, 28 November 2008 (EST)
Block request
Any chance you could block Jesussaves88? He/she keeps creating offensive and, I believe, non-factual articles. Muchas gracias, mi amigo.--CPalmer 18:16, 3 December 2008 (EST)
- Ah, no importa, ya se lo hizo.--CPalmer 18:18, 3 December 2008 (EST)
Falkland Islands
I noticed that you had edited the Falkland Islands article so that it stated that the islands are correctly known as the Malvinas. I do not believe that is correct so I reverted the edit to the previous version which had a sentence at the bottom of the paragraph which said that the Argentines referred to them as the Islas Malvinas, but Aschlafly reverted it back to your version and suggested I talk to you. So here I am. --TCochrane 18:26, 3 December 2008 (EST)
- If Joaquín isn't around, I feel certain he would tell you to include both names, as in Latin America they do refer to them as the Malvinas, but in the English-speaking world they are called the Falklands. Just note that part of that poor, wind-blown island's history of dispute includes its name. Residents there, being UK expatriates, call it the Falklands. --₮K/Talk 18:56, 3 December 2008 (EST)
Logo policy
Joaquin, what's CP's policy on the addition of logos to articles? Most company/sports team articles are logoless :( JY23 18:17, 4 December 2008 (EST)
- I am afraid I don't have a good answer. Please contact TK. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 18:21, 4 December 2008 (EST)
- OK, will do. JY23 19:02, 5 December 2008 (EST)
Joaquin, that's a terrific photo of the Frank Gehry building, but it's copyrighted so we rather not use it and rely on "fair use doctrine." I'll look for a public domain version, unless you have consent for the photo you uploaded.--Aschlafly 10:46, 7 December 2008 (EST)
- Ok, I will take it out. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 10:49, 7 December 2008 (EST)
- I just found a public domain version, and I think it is even better anyway: . Thanks!--Aschlafly 11:00, 7 December 2008 (EST)
Toot Toot!!
I have just the place for your little tug, Joaquín. Please see Tugboat.
- Thanks indeed. Nice present! --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 00:40, 9 December 2008 (EST)
Thank you
for understanding! --KotomiTohayougozaimasu 09:15, 13 December 2008 (EST)
G'day Joaquín
In Minoan Civilization there is a picture of coins that, if we can believe the description, is inappropriate in that the date of 500 B.C. is about 1000 years after the demise of the Minoans. Do you, in your magic box of pictures, have a replacement picture. Things to look for are "Minoan" "Ancient Crete" "Knossos", "Linear A" (I'll explain that if you want.) "Labrynth", "Bull Dancing" "Minotaur".
And while I have you.... Check out Category: Sailing ship types. (It's your fault...I went from "Tugboat" (smiles)) Do you have anything to suit. (But be careful. I know exactly what these ships are supposed to look like...if I could upload, and if I had the time to do it, I'd draw them.) (It is a pity that my email address refused to "register" when I joined last year, however there is an address on my userpage below my first waffle. Gotta go. About to be locked out.) AlanE 00:07, 14 December 2008 (EST)
The words after "check out was the category at the bottom of my edit . I don't know how to fix it.AlanE 00:11, 14 December 2008 (EST)
- Minoan coins; I tried to fix it, hope is OK now.
- For Category: Sailing ship types, please see: Current revision (08:54, 10 December 2008) by WesleyS.
- --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 06:28, 14 December 2008 (EST)
- G'morning...I was in a hurry yesterday, and didn't make myself clear, I think. When I "saved" my comment the category: sailing ship types I wrote in the first line appeared at the bottom of your talkpage...that's what I couldn't fix.
Why I mentioned the category: I created that category and, except for clipper - which I will add to today - all the articles in it are mine, either new articles or worked out of stubs; and apart from caravelall since you got me onto a nautical bender with "Tugboat" about a week ago. I have almost done it now, I think...the only major sailing "ship" type left not included is yacht and that id not so much a type as a "usage". I have also tried to explain certain types of rigging and other features. The only way I they could be explained better would be with pictures. The problem is the pictures would have to be exactly fitting the ship type, rigging etc of the vessel described. Perhaps most of them should be left unillustrated. Cheers. I'll now look at the coins.AlanE 12:22, 14 December 2008 (EST)
- Back again. The problem, Joaquín, is that the Minoan civilization had no coins. Coins weren't "invented" until at least 800 years after the Minoan civilization fell. So the picture is inappropriate. It's like having an Aztec artifact illustrated in an article about the fall of the Teotihuican culture, or an Elizabethan coin in an article about Anglo-Saxon England. Same place, different culture. I know I'm a pain, but isn't here an available picture of the ruins at Knossos, or the wonderful throne room, or something? I was going to fix the article up a bit, and the picture is the main thing wrong. You know what I mean? 12:57, 14 December 2008 (EST)
- Fine. I understand. Please go ahead. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 14:29, 14 December 2008 (EST)
A million photos from LIFE magazine now online!!
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google. see online RJJensen 01:26, 16 December 2008 (EST)
- Thanks, good idea. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 06:09, 16 December 2008 (EST)
My friend, I don't think Robert E. Lee can be considered an American hero. Perhaps one for the Confederate States of America, however. I also sent you an email. --₮K/Talk! 09:14, 18 December 2008 (EST)
Happy Holidays
...but more importantly, Joaquín, MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your family. Cheers mate.AlanE 14:54, 19 December 2008 (EST)
Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas!!----PhilipV I Support our Troops! 07:03, 25 December 2008 (EST)
Fabulous artwork
Joaquin, your artwork has been fabulous! Merry Christmas season to you.--aschlafly 18:24, 30 December 2008 (EST)
- Dear Andy
Thank you so much for this magnificent opportunity that you have given to all of us. A happy new year for you and CP. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 18:58, 30 December 2008 (EST)
- Thank you, Joaquin, for teaching all of us so much here.--aschlafly 23:19, 30 December 2008 (EST)
!Happy New Year, Joaquín!
|Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right!--Oprah Winfrey
--₮K/Talk! 23:19, 31 December 2008 (EST)
Superb news posting
Thansk for the superb news posting about Detroit schools, Joaquin!
A belated thank you!
I am so sorry, Joaquín - I missed your congratulations amongst all the others. Sorry about that and thank you! here is to a great 2009! --KotomiTohayougozaimasu 06:45, 4 January 2009 (EST)
Featured Page
Congratulations on getting your page Literature as the weekly feature! That's cool. User:AddisonDM 5 January 2009
It is my pleasure. --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 19:15, 5 January 2009 (EST)
Please just leave the images for now. There are other issues I'm working on that are higher priority, but I'll get to the image/page special char error ASAP. Thanks! CPWebmaster 20:14, 2 February 2009 (EST)
- I am back --Joaquín Martínez 09:12, 9 February 2009 (EST)
Discussion moved to Image talk:Maersk Line ship - US Piracy.jpg. --DeanStalk 16:19, 10 April 2009 (EDT)
I have just granted you admin privileges, let me know if any thing else is wrong. Thanks CPWebmaster 10:14, 9 February 2009 (EST)
Joaquin, are these redirects here http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:BrokenRedirects still valid? If not, could you delete them please? Thanks. AddisonDM 19:18, 21 February 2009 (EST)
- It is better to as the Web master. --Joaquín Martínez 19:48, 21 February 2009 (EST)
Baroque Architecture
Joaquín, I noticed your new article on Churrigueresque. You cite how this is an example of the Spanish Baroque style. In the Baroque article, you have paragraphs about art, painters, music and writers. Shouldn't there be a paragraph about Baroque architecture? --DeanStalk 10:25, 26 February 2009 (EST)
- Good idea, Thanks. I will work on it. --Joaquín Martínez 10:43, 26 February 2009 (EST)
Cleaning featured articles
I had a question about protocol for how to list featured article suggestions on the talk page. I think the committee's official votes should stay on the main page, while regular editors' comments and suggestions should be on the talk page. This keeps official separate from unofficial. If you agree, then I'll remove votes from non-committee members on the main page, and remove committee members' votes from the talk page. I've run this by TK and he agrees, but we wanted your input. -Foxtrot 20:13, 12 March 2009 (EDT)
- I agree, go ahead! --Joaquín Martínez 20:18, 12 March 2009 (EDT)
- the pages are now spic-and-span. -Foxtrot 20:33, 12 March 2009 (EDT)
American heroes
Hola Joaquin. I see you're the main contributor to the Gallery of American Heroes. Would you mind if I reduced the size of John McCain's picture, so that he was the same size as the others? Thanks,--CPalmer 14:24, 13 March 2009 (EDT)
- You could try and see if there is any objection. --Joaquín Martínez 18:59, 13 March 2009 (EDT)
Joaquín, old mate!
G'morning Joaquín. I received a request on my user page from a new user (User talk: JDWpianist) for help with uploading pictures. Can you please help, if possible? Cheers. AlanE 15:35, 17 March 2009 (EDT)
Hi Joaquin! I've just made a new page on musical modes. There's already a stub called modal tonalities, a term I've never heard of, and which should probably be deleted altogether. Would you mind taking care of this?
By the way, I realized that the image request page wouldn't work for images of my own creation. If I sent you the files through e-mail, could you help me with this too? Yes, go ahead.
Tausende Dank! JDWpianist 18:16, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
- Bitte sehr. --Joaquín Martínez 18:34, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
Sorry to bother you again, but there's no way for me to send you an attached file by using the "e-mail this user" function on CP. Can you send me an e-mail, and then I can reply to you with the files?JDWpianist 17:06, 26 March 2009 (EDT)
- Please post them on Flirck and send me the names. I will take them here. Is it fine for you?
--Joaquín Martínez 12:18, 27 March 2009 (EDT)
- You can find three files here, under the set name "Musical Examples."
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/36809831@N07/sets/72157615991945612/ JDWpianist 17:01, 27 March 2009 (EDT)
- Done. --Joaquín Martínez 19:45, 27 March 2009 (EDT)
- Thanks again! But one more request. One of the files ended up being too small to read. Would you mind uploading one more time from http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3390826526_6df903d0e4_o.jpg? JDWpianist 20:18, 27 March 2009 (EDT)
- Done. --Joaquín Martínez 19:45, 27 March 2009 (EDT)
Thanks again
Joaquin, thanks for that insightful news story you just posted on the Main Page this Saturday morning!--Andy Schlafly 09:21, 28 March 2009 (EDT)
- My pleasure. --Joaquín Martínez 09:25, 28 March 2009 (EDT)
- Thanks also for your reversion a few minutes ago on Abortion facts!--Andy Schlafly 15:39, 28 March 2009 (EDT)
Good morning
Hey, man, what's up? --Ed Poor Talk 09:20, 30 March 2009 (EDT)
- Hello, good morning to you. --Joaquín Martínez 09:22, 30 March 2009 (EDT)
- And a hello from me as well!--CPalmer 09:25, 30 March 2009 (EDT)
- Thanks partners. --Joaquín Martínez 09:26, 30 March 2009 (EDT)
Thanks for the images and the "worst dictatorship" edit. --Ed Poor Talk 09:08, 3 April 2009 (EDT)
- You are welcome as always! --Joaquín Martínez 11:01, 3 April 2009 (EDT)
St. Matthew Passion
Hello Joaquin! AlanE and I have collaborated on an extensive page dedicated to Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Since it's timely, you might consider featuring it as an "Artwork" on the main page in the near future. Let us know what you think.
It could also use an image, perhaps an appropriate work of art like this http://eutilitariancommons.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/christ_cross.jpg or this https://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/90235/1/Christ-Carrying-The-Cross-$28detail$29-1580s.jpg. I'm sure you could also come up with some ideas after seeing the page.
All the best! JDWpianist 12:05, 3 April 2009 (EDT)
- Already in: Conservapedia:Featured articles --Joaquín Martínez 17:39, 3 April 2009 (EDT)
- Thanks! Any good ideas for an image? JDWpianist 17:56, 3 April 2009 (EDT)
- Working on it. --Joaquín Martínez 17:58, 3 April 2009 (EDT)
- Ahh, lovely. Thanks for the additions! JDWpianist 18:13, 3 April 2009 (EDT)
Hello again, Joaquin! Are you getting tired of me yet? I just noticed that CP's article on Vienna mistakenly has a picture of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Passau. There are plenty of good pictures of Vienna's Stephansdom here. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stephansdom JDWpianist 19:05, 6 April 2009 (EDT)
Could you diminish my embarrassment, Joaquín old mate, by changing the subject heading of Piazzolla to its proper spelling of Piazzola]]? Quick! Before anyone sees. Thanks. :-) AlanE 20:34, 9 April 2009 (EDT)
- Done, --Joaquín Martínez 07:23, 10 April 2009 (EDT)
Thanks for the welcome! --RobertT 12:23, 11 April 2009 (EDT)
Joaquín, I sent you an email just now with a picture request....please check! Thanks. --₮K/Admin/Talk 22:21, 11 April 2009 (EDT)
Joaquín, I have begun the process of moving articles about the Flu to the already existing article on Influenza, my idea is to make similar headings as I have done for Swine Flu. If you want to add to this article, or help in the moving of the other flu articles to Influenza, feel free. I tell you this because I don't think I will be able to finish it tonight, or tomorrow because of meetings, and you added the piece to the main page. --₮K/Admin/Talk 04:07, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
- OK. I will try. --Joaquín Martínez 06:35, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
Hearing all the reports on the news, I hope you and your family are all well and taking what precautions you can. Am thinking of you. --KotomiTnandeyanen? 08:35, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
- Thank you so much. We are far from the main problem, however we do our best to help. --Joaquín Martínez 10:06, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
Thanks for your artwork contributions to Conservapedia and....
Thanks for all your artwork contributions to Conservapedia especially on the front page. The artwork brightens up Conservapedia.
Being Mexican, I hope you like my various bullfighting pics which I have introduced to the front page. :) I know the liberals are quite enamored of the Darwin/Hitler pic I introduced to Conservapedia that somebody created and had on one of his anti-atheism blogs. :)
Anyways, thanks for all your artwork contributions to Conservapedia. conservative 21:51, 30 April 2009 (EDT)
- It has been always my pleasure! Thank you! --Joaquín Martínez 07:46, 1 May 2009 (EDT)


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The new issue of WWE Magazine features an interview with Wade Barrett. Here are a few highlights:
WWE Magazine: Take us back to that night when you injured your arm on Raw (Feb. 20, 2012). What do you remember about that moment?
Wade Barrett:I remember Big Show picking up Dolph Ziggler and throwing him down on top of me. I'd guess Ziggler would be about 12 feet in the air being thrown down on me. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to catch him with both hands, so I figured I'd catch him with one hand because of the angle of his trajectory, so all that weight landed squarely on one of my arms, which just snapped at the elbow joints and, unfortunately, required surgery to fix it. It was initially diagnosed as a partially dislocated elbow, but after MRIs, we discovered it was completely dislocated, with additional tearing of two ligaments that go between the bones of the arm. They had been completely severed, which required surgery immediately. It looked fine initially, but I was aware how far out of place the bone was. Then obviously, my whole arm went numb. That's when I realized I was going to be out for a long time.
WWE Mag: Describe the recovery process a little bit. Is it difficult for a young Superstar to be away from the ring for so long?
Barrett: I took myself away from wrestling for a while. A lot of people think when you're off you need to study wrestling nonstop. At that point in time, that was completely the wrong thing for me. The worst thing was being around wrestling. Such as, I had to go to WrestleMania this year and do a lot of signings and AXXESS, and I hated every second of it simply because I don't want to be at WrestleMania unless I'm there to compete. I really was working on my rehab and doing a WWE Studios film, "Dead Man Down," with Colin Farrell and Terrence Howard. That was a great thing to get involved with while I was out. But really, the whole time I was out, I was pretty furious about how things had happened.
WWE Mag: Was it painful to see your former Nexus and Corre cohorts enjoying success in your absence? Are you looking forward to restoring the pecking order now that you've returned?
Barrett: It doesn't bother me at all. I'm actually a big supporter of the majority of the guys from The Nexus. Heath Slater has done a great job. I've always found him entertaining, so it's not shocking to me. Justin Gabriel is a great performer, too. It comes as no surprise to me that I feel no jealousy, really. I was always very pleased to see their success.
WWE Mag: Those are some rare kind words for The One-Man Band, a Superstar you described as an "imbecile" in the past. Have you changed your mind about Heath Slater?
Barrett: I don't know about changing my mind regarding The One-Man Band. I've always personally found him incredibly entertaining, which is one of the reasons why, in the past, I surrounded myself with guys like him. I think he's a complete buffoon, don't get me wrong, but personally, I find him very funny.
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If Republicans didn't know it before, they learned in the November elections how serious a problem they have in winning Latino voters. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won only 27 percent of self-identified Latino voters, according to exit poll interviews.
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at a combination fundraiser and birthday party for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, on Nov. 17, 2012 in Altoona, Iowa.
As Republicans make their case to Latinos and with one prominent Latino Republican, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a possible contender for the 2016 presidential nomination, long-stalled measures to increase immigration and give legal status to people illegally in the United States will be on the congressional agenda in 2013.
On immigration, the lame-duck session of Congress is a time for political positioning and strategizing rather than legislating. Along with all his other strategic challenges, House Speaker John Boehner has to figure out just far he and a majority of his GOP members are willing to go on immigration and which of his members in the new Congress will need to be given a free pass on tough roll call votes so that they don't get challenged by conservatives in Republican primaries in 2014.
Meanwhile this week Republican senators urged Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid to allow the Senate to vote on a bill passed by the House last week that would provide legal residency to more foreigners who have earned doctorates or master's degrees in science, technology, engineering or math at U.S. universities. The House-passed bill, which won the support of 27 Democrats, would create new visa categories for 55,000 science, engineering and mathematics graduates of American universities and it would eliminate a visa lottery program designed to increase immigration from counties which traditionally haven't been big sources of U.S. immigrants.
Sen., John Cornyn, R- Texas, told the Senate Wednesday that it makes no sense for the United States to not allow foreign scientists who get their Ph.D.'s at American universities to remain in this country to work. "We are cultivating human capital and then sending those individuals back home" to their countries of origin, when many of them would rather remain in America," Cornyn said.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., discusses the GOP's mean and sometimes nasty rhetoric towards Hispanics, how important immigration is to Latino voters, the meeting he's having with GOP lawmakers to discuss immigration reform and the need to do comprehensive reform now.
Romney made this same argument during his second debate with President Barack Obama, calling for giving legal permanent resident status "to people who graduate with skills that we need. People around the world with accredited degrees in science and math (ought to) get a green card stapled to their diploma, come to the U.S. of A. We should make sure our legal system works."
But Clarissa Martinez de Castro, director of civic engagement and immigration at the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Latino advocacy group, criticized the House bill as "trying to eviscerate one program to feed another – as opposed to trying to fix the entire system."
The relative smallness of the number of visas in the House bill, 55,000, she said, "tells you right away that we're just tinkering around the edges. What really is begging to be addressed here is making sure the system works."
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She said the core of the immigration redesign next year will be "the legalization and path to citizenship for the people who are already in the country." That makes sense, she said, because "you cannot build on a faulty foundation. And the reality is we have a number of people who have been in the country for a very long time. They are part of the workforce and it makes sense to figure out that piece and how the other pieces develop from that one."
A leading Democrat on immigration policy, Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, told reporters at the Capitol Thursday, "The best way to go is a comprehensive package. What we've learned in the past is when you try to do it piecemeal, the pieces fall apart."
Matt York / AP
In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Sen.-elect, current Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., waves during an election night party in Phoenix.
In the Senate next year, Republican senator-elect Jeff Flake of Arizona (one of the co-sponsors of immigration reform in 2006) and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah will likely be key GOP deal makers, as well as Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Ultimately members of Congress will need to grapple with a crucial policy question: what should be the balance between immigration based on family ties and immigration based on a person's expertise, education, and training. Should the United States bring in more people with doctorates in biochemistry, for example, and fewer who happen to have a brother or other relative in the United States?
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What Romney tried to do during the campaign was to convey the idea that he was open to immigration but that it had to be done through legal means. Rubio repeated this theme Wednesday in remarks at a POLITICO breakfast. His party, Rubio said, had "allowed itself to be positioned as the anti-illegal (immigrant) party…. What we really need to be is the pro-legal (immigrant) party."
At the center of Democratic initiatives on immigration for several years has been the DREAM Act, a bill offered by Sen. Dick Durbin, D- Ill., and others to allow illegal immigrants brought to the United States by their parents before age 16 to stay legally in the country. Durbin's bill would require these people to earn a high school diploma, submit biometric data and undergo a law enforcement background check. His bill would allow such people to eventually apply for permanent legal residence and, after an additional three years, apply for citizenship.
When the Senate voted on the DREAM Act at the end of 2010, three Democrats who are all up for re-election in 2014, Sens. Max Baucus of Montana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, all voted against ending debate, supporting Republican efforts to kill the bill by means of filibuster. Two other Democrats, Sen. Jon Tester of Montana and Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, also voted against cloture and the effort fell five votes short. (Nelson is retiring at the end of this year.)
The political calculus next year might be different if the DREAM Act provisions are embedded within a larger bill, perhaps one with incentives that could appeal to senators from conservative states such as Arkansas and Montana. In the immigration vote tally, both sides of the equation – Democrats and Republican – will be important.


text: Aston Martin Racing News Tags AMOC Awards Brand Extension Centenary Corporate Dealers Events Films Gaydon GTE Heritage le mans Licensees Models Motor Shows Nürburgring Partnerships People Promotion Q by Aston Martin Racing Social Media Videos SIXTEEN HOURS AND SIXTEEN WHEELS STILL TURNING Published: Jun 22, 2014 Tags: Racing, Nürburgring by Pete Norwood Morning has broken over the Nordschleife and all four of the Aston Martin Nürburgring 24 Hours entries are still pounding around the 25-km circuit after 16-hours of action-packed racing. Nürburgring, 22 June 2014 - Morning has broken over the Nordschleife and all four of the Aston Martin Nürburgring 24 Hours entries are still pounding around the 25-km circuit after 16-hours of action-packed racing. Aston Martin Racing's #007 V12 Vantage GT3 is in sixth thanks to strong and consistent driving from Darren Turner (GB), Pedro Lamy (PT) and Stefan Mücke (DE) throughout the night and dawn hours. The Bilstein and Castrol Edge-liveried machine recorded its fastest lap of the race in the early hours of the morning making it quicker than the five GT3 cars ahead of it. "The GT3 is running smoothly and Darren, Stefan and Pedro have all consistently completed their stints safely and quickly," commented Head of Motorsport at Aston Martin Racing David King. "We're still a lap behind the pack of five at the front but we just have to keep doing what we are doing and see what the race brings to us." As the sun began to rise, the #100 V8 Vantage N430 was comfortably in second place in the SP10 class. However, seasoned-racer and British journalist Chris Harris was involved in an incident with a GT3 car causing enough damage to bring it back to the garage. The Aston Martin crew worked hard to replace a bent steering arm and get the car backout. At the 16-hour mark, Andreas Gülden (DE) is hunting down a podium position. In the SP8 class, the #55 V12 Vantage is still comfortably holding second place and the #70 V8 N430 is in third. "All of our drivers have got through the difficult early morning shift," added King. "However, there are still eight hours of racing to go and we mustn't become complacent. Regardless of fatigue, the whole team will stay focused on getting all four of our cars across the finish line to retain Aston Martin's 100 per cent finishing rate at the Nürburging's most grueling endurance event." Back to all news items Share Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linked In Downloads Languages This article is available in the following languages: - English Cars Teams Series Partners History News Contact


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Most GeekMoms will acutely remember the moment in which we became moms. Be it the birth story of our first child, the moment we saw her during the adoption proceedings, or the day the lawyer met us at the door, small boy in hand, muttering something about an obscure cousin dying and a last will and guardianship. Those things are etched in our mind even as other things fade away.
But how many of us remember the moment we became geeks? What moment in time did you fall in love with something so deeply you knew it would be part of you forever? When did you realize that the things you loved were a little different and that loving them would make you different and, darn it all if you just didn't care? I asked these questions of the GeekMom writers and was met with enthusiastic answers. Just as you'll get the full run-down, gory details and all, if you ask a mom for her birth story, ask a geek how they became a geek and brace yourself for the onslaught.
While most of us admitted that in some fashion, whether we realized it or not, we were always geeks. Cathe Post beat us all by claiming she was actually a pre-natal geek. When her parents went to see Star Wars while Cathe was in utero, she kicked through all of John Williams music.
"Chaos" Mandy also started young as her dad read *The Lord of the Rings *to her as a preschooler. Later in life when she asked him if he censored it for his then-pre-schooler he replied, "No the violent parts are the best parts."
Most of us were coaxed into our geekhood by the entertainment industry.
Natania Barron, our editor supreme (no, that is not brown-nosing...), found her geekhood in a shell, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shell. She truly geeked out, purchasing every comic, figurine, action figure, and bit of paraphernalia. She memorized the lines of the movies and even woke at dawn to watch the cartoon. It was her first all-encompassing obsession and while others would overshadow it, she never quite got over her first geek crush on Donatello.
Corrina Lawson spun into geekdom via spinner rack comics. A reprint of Captain America, the issue of Justice League of American where Elongated Man joined the team, and The Legion of Super-Heroes ushered her into a lifelong love of comics. Batman and The Spook only cost her a quarter then but were so worth so much more to her. (Of course their worth so much more now, too...)
Kristin Rutherford discovered Monty Python's Flying Circus while visiting her aunt's apartment. It was a pure moment of happenstance that created an MP fanatic. She became obssessed, memorizing the bits and gags. The Monty Python films followed shortly thereafter as did the books and records. Even now she eagerly awaits the chance to share her passion with her own daughter.
Sophie Brown first gave her geek heart to X-Files. She has photo evidence of her room plastered in posters of Mulder, Scully, and the infamous flukeworm. As if she needed more proof of total geekhood, she even brought home life size cut-outs of the agents.
Andrea Schwalm had Lost in Space. She recalls being frightened by Mr. Smith. Even as a young child she understood that there was something very wrong with him. She played Lost in Space using her Fisher-Price farm set. COWS IN SPACE. That single show began her "lifelong love affair with scifi, outer space, robots and sociopathic baddies."
Others of us among the writing staff found our geek-out moments snuggly in the world of education.
This is where I land. As a student I was considered academically gifted thus allowed to partake of a secondary, advanced curriculum. In second grade I discovered that I was to be enrolled in a course on Ancient Egypt the following school year. I made my mom bring me to the library as often as possible. I devoured it all, including things from the grown-up non-fiction section, and by the start of third grade I could very nearly teach the class myself. One course introduced me to history. Twenty-some odd years later, I'm still doing my best to get acquainted.
Delphine Imbert served as a class representative at age nine. Her fellow representative was a boy and when another student verbalized concerns of his sharing the office with a girl, the boy replied "She's not a girl! She's a genius!" Delphine took that to heart and allowed that self-confidence to help shape her actions through her childhood.
Cindy Ortiz experienced her first geek-out moment in college...at age ten. Her tenth summer saw her enrolled computer classes. Though they spent quite a bit of their time doodling with paint, at the end of the class they were presented with a book containing their computerized art. Cindy recalls the summer as one of her best.
Yet others found a mentor that guided us, either on purpose or accidentally, into discovering (or accepting) our geekhood.
Amy Kraft was guided by her brother, five years her junior. She found early on that she much preferred his things to hers. She was only to happy to oblige when it turned out that he was just too young to do by himself things like build a Lego space station or rescue Princess Peach from the pixelated world of NES.
Patricia Volmer was guided by her dad, one of the smartest people she's known, despite his never going to college. Each Christmas he gave her a unique and distinctly geeky gift like a microscope, a chemistry set, a model airplane kit and others. Together they set off rockets and restored cars and he inherently understood how much she would enjoy all those things.
Laura Grace Weldon was guided by a friend of her parents. She was about ten and had always been very concerned about world affairs. When she discovered that this friend was an engineer at a nuclear power plant she confronted him, asking if the power was worth the risk. He patronized her, lectured her, and she lost any hope of winning that argument. However, he also inspired her. She couldn't have won that debate as she hadn't been armed with the necessary knowledge. She quickly learned the power of research and the adult section of the library. To this day she still thirsts for that knowledge. In her own words, "Geeks can't help themselves. There's always more to find out."
Of course we have all evolved. It is the nature of geeks to cling to our passions and many of have since our earliest days. Perhaps you can relate. Maybe you've connected with your favorite GeekMom blogger. Perhaps you find yourself reliving your own original geek-out. Please share. We've shared ours and can't wait to hear yours!


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Fantastic Haunt.
I love the scope of it.
What an undertaking. Absolutely amazing.
A bunch more here.
Fantastic Haunt.
I love the scope of it.
What an undertaking. Absolutely amazing.
LOVE the witch,ghostly monks and the thre banshees. And the hearse...GIMMIE! That is great.
Pam really out did herself this year. It is quite an amazing project. Having a woods around you like that is just too tempting...
Lots to look at. So cool having woods as your backyard. Love the Ghostly monks!!
Pig Heads are cool...
Oh, I want to be there 24/7 year round! I love the body atop of the crypt.
I LOVE the witch!! Truly remarkable undertaking....Kudos!!
Lovely witches! Salem awaits..
What a great setting for a haunt! Really like the last shot with the rust colored foliage in the foreground.
thanks so much, Rot. I am honored to have my haunt featured on your blog! also, we raised over $300 in donations for a local non-profit, no-kill animal shelter. the 'dark holiday' sheds some much needed and worthwhile light...


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This video's dangerous, because it convinces people the best way to avoid arrest is to act like a moron. Cop trying to give you a ticket? Lock your door, drive off, and then crash into him. Seriously, it worked.
Despite his temporary success, this will likely end up as your classic Pyhrric victory as the Atlanta PD officer was merely trying to give the driver a ticket for illegal parking at a mall. Now the driver's possibly facing hit-and-run, assault with a vehicle, evasion, reckless endangerment, and whatever charges they can dream up to deal with all for avoiding a parking ticket. Oh, yeah, and a damaged Corvette.
To paraphrase King Pyrrhus: "One more victory like that and I'm screwed."
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This is interesting.
UPDATE: Gil Brandt is the former GM for the Dallas Cowboys. As it happens, I listened to him on the way into town today, immediately after I linked to this analysis. He was asked by a caller what he would do if he were the Giants to attack the Green Bay defense. His answer? Target Charles Woodson. I'm not kidding. He spent two minutes on it. Everything he says from now on is suspect.


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Bisons fans are starting to shuffle through the ballpark as we update "The Dish" from our broadcast booth. Don't tell Duke, but folks sitting in his chair and having a great time putting on the headset and practicing their home run calls. Feel free to drop by and say 'hello' as you pass by the booth and pick up the Bisons' TV (or print one here!) and radio schedules.
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- NEW TEAM LOGO Gear available in the Batter's Box Gift Shop
- 2 LIVE Shows from Children's Music Entertainer Glenn Colton (12:15pm/1:30pm)
- Show Your Spirit with Brush of Class Face Paintings
- Test Your Skills in the Bisons Batting Cage and Radar Gun
- Swing for the Fences on Nintendo Wii Home Run Derby
- Take a Spin on the Bisons Prize Wheel to Win some Great Prizes
- Get an Inside Look at the Bisons Home Clubhouse, Press Box and Party Suites
- Classic Bisons Trophies and Artifacts
1:27 p.m. – I haven't been able to take a break! A long and steady line of fans dropping by the booth to say 'hello' and talk about what's ahead in 2009 for Buffalo!
3:12 – This one is headed for extras! A HUGE turnout and many were dressed in Bisons' blue. No way this party shuts down on time with the number of people still at the yard. Thanks to everyone that stopped by the booth to say, 'hello' and talk about the season ahead. I ventured out of the booth just once and saw Pettibones was packed and heard the same was true for every stop along the way. Kudos, once again, to YOU – the Bisons fan.
3:57 – Crazy numbers… no word on the actual number of fans today but I learned there were 1,050 – yes one-thousand fifty – hot dogs ingested between 11:07 a.m. and 2:56 p.m.
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FreeDarko's Bethlehem Shoals, a regular contributor to NBA FanHouse and co-author of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History (visit the FreeDarko store, too!), is keeping a game-by-game diary of the Heat's season — the one you're pretending not to care about.
Note: Bethlehem Shoals is taking the next couple of columns off because of a scheduling conflict. Filling in for him is Eric Freeman, a FreeDarko regular and one of the authors of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History.
Result: Celtics 102, Heat 97
Record: 5-4
While the score might suggest a close game, this was probably the most dominant five-point win I've ever seen. The Celtics forced the Heat into bad shots throughout the night, and Miami played along by not working terribly hard to find good shots. At the other end, the Heat seemed unable to put together a string of solid defensive stops, with their rotations looking erratic the entire night. Rajon Rondo's slam was the play of the night, but it wouldn't have been possible without Chris Bosh's polite indifference.
Which brings us back to the inexorable problem of Bosh, who has the dominated the storyline of the Heat's season just as surely as LeBron dominated the storyline of their offseason. It's rare that you see a star get exposed the way Bosh has, and as Shoals wrote the other day, he — not LeBron, who is too effervescent a player for serious hoops fans to hate for long; not Wade, who didn't really do anything to begin with — has become the team's ultimate asshole. He is now the villain to virtually everyone. In Toronto, he's seen as a traitor. Stateside, he's another ring-chasing imperialist. And in Miami? He's the guy ruining the party.
That's not all his fault, obviously. Maybe we just misread the Big Three from the beginning. As noted by Zach Lowe on SI.com earlier this week, the Heat are different from other recent Big Three conglomerates in that their trio is in its prime and accustomed to monopolizing the ball. To use an available example, the Celtics had no such issues: Kevin Garnett was past his prime and desperate to win; Pierce had long ago proven he couldn't do it on his own; and Ray Allen still spent lots of time off the ball as a shooter even when he was at his best. One player was proficient where the others had been deficient, and everything snapped cleanly into place; no one had to take on an entirely new role. On the Heat, Chris Bosh is obviously not in the same class as his two superstar teammates, and by necessity he has to play not just a smaller role, but a different one. He's a star who cannot possibly hope to get star touches on this roster.
The Heat, it turns out, have a Big Three in the same way that the '99-'00 Lakers did. In case you forget, that squad had Shaquille O'Neal, a very young Kobe Bryant, and sharpshooter Glen Rice, who had earned a sparkling reputation as a consistent 20-point scorer for the Heat and Hornets. In L.A., Rice was a relative failure, picking up about 15 per game and hitting some open threes. He was an important piece of that year's championship team, but he was much less important than Shaq and Kobe; he won a ring while using nothing close to the full extent of his talent. That's roughly what the Heat have in Bosh when what they really needed was something like the 2004 Rasheed Wallace — a guy who could guard the opponent's best interior scorer and chip in on offense at a low usage rate. They needed a Big Two and a talented lunatic, in other words.
I don't mean to sound as if the Heat are doomed forever; it's just that the Big Three calculus needs a lot of work if this team is going to become a juggernaut. Bosh has been the scapegoat so far, but the problem is not a deficit of firepower so much as a lack of imagination. We're watching a fundamentally unselfish team try and iso its way to glory. For that, a lot of the blame has to fall on the shoulders of Erik Spoelstra, who I suspect is ducking Pat Riley around the office these days.
Eric Freeman is a writer and editor from San Francisco. He is a FreeDarko regular and one of the authors of The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History. His work has also appeared on SportingNews.com, FanHouse, and The Awl. Follow him on Twitter.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but chances are dog owners have no idea that their dogs can actually get breast cancer. The bad news is that breast (mammary) cancer in dogs is common; the good news is that the disease can be treated successfully if caught early.
According to veterinarian Dr. Race Foster, the most common type of tumor in female dogs is the mammary tumor—especially in (unspayed) dogs between the ages of five to 10 years-old. There are male dogs that do develop breast cancer and, sadly, their prognosis is not good because this type of breast cancer is very aggressive.
Signs of Breast Cancer in Dogs
Similar to human breast cancer, mammary tumors in dogs can range in size. Breast tumors in dogs often grow quickly with an irregular shape. These malignant tumors can also cause bleeding and ulceration. However, if your dog's tumor does not exhibit these signs, that does not mean your dog is free from breast cancer; small tumors that have been present for a while can suddenly grow aggressively as well. As with most other types of cancer, once malignant tumors in dogs start to grow, the cancerous cells can spread to other parts of the body.
If you find a lump on your dog, do not wait to go to the veterinarian. It is always best to play it safe and have your dog examined by a licensed veterinarian who will perform a biopsy. Half of all mammary tumors in dogs are benign, but do you really want to play guessing games when it comes to your dog's health?
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Treatment of Canine Breast Cancer
Treatment of a malignant tumor usually involves surgery. Similar to breast cancer in humans, dogs will either have just the tumor removed or the entire mammary tissue along with lymph nodes. Dogs' mammary glands are different than humans in that they are outside of the muscle, so the surgery is not as radical. Dr. Race Foster suggests that unlike humans, chemotherapy and radiation in dogs are not successful.
Canine Breast Cancer Prevention
The best way to prevent breast cancer in female dogs is to spay them before they go into heat for the first time—just another benefit of spaying. By doing this, dog owners can practically eliminate the chances of their dog developing mammary cancer.


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DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co's GM.N new Cadillac marketing chief believes it could take as long as a decade to build its reputation as a global luxury brand.
Uwe Ellinghaus, a former marketing executive with German luxury automaker BMW AG BMWG.DE, will assume his duties on January 1, but was introduced this week as the person responsible for shaping Cadillac's image around the world.
"I have a really, really realistic chance to establish Cadillac to what it never was, a really global premium brand that is on eye level with all the other premium competitors," the 44-year-old executive said in a telephone interview on Friday.
GM's drive to make Cadillac a global luxury brand took shape after the company's 2009 bankruptcy and restructuring. Pre-bankruptcy, the Detroit company lacked the financial clout to boost demand beyond the small numbers sold outside the United States.
Cadillac sales globally fell 2 percent last year to around 196,000 vehicles, but are up 30 percent so far this year. Today nine of every 10 Cadillac sales take place in the United States and China.
Ellinghaus, who was most recently a sales and marketing executive with Montblanc International, a maker of luxury pens, watches, jewelry and leather, said Cadillac has a strong history and great new vehicles to offer, including the CTS and ATS sedans, but lacks the "overarching message" to tie it all together.
"People know Cadillac, people like Cadillac, but they don't find Cadillac always particularly relevant," he said. "This is something that communication ... can easily overcome. It just takes time."
Ellinghaus called building Cadillac into a global premium brand a "mid- to long-term brand strategy" that will take a couple of years in the United States, five years in China and as many as 10 years in markets where the brand has a small presence.
"It's not too late," he said. "The brand has a cachet and a prestige that is already a good prerequisite for building its emotional character even further."
In the short term, however, his focus will be the world's two largest auto markets, China and the United States.
In China, whose luxury car market is expected to eventually surpass that of the United States, Ellinghaus said Cadillac has the products but needs to build brand momentum.
GM Cadillac chief Bob Ferguson said in March that he expected the brand's China sales to rise two-thirds to about 50,000 this year and triple from last year's total to about 90,000 by 2016. However, research firm LMC Automotive forecasts that the brand will only have topped 80,000 sales in 2018.
In the United States, where Cadillac ranked No. 4 in luxury sales last year, Ellinghaus said it will take five to 10 years to compete for segment leadership. In August 2012, Cadillac officials said that in a few years the brand could be a contender for the top spot in the U.S. luxury market, a position it has not held in 16 years.
In Europe, where Cadillac is more a niche brand, Ellinghaus said Cadillac did not need to have large sales volumes to be a credible global luxury brand. He said Cadillac lacks diesel engines, which are far more popular in Europe, and probably needs more of a presence in the largest European cities.
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In an eight-minute video, the Minnesota congresswoman said she will not seek a fifth congressional term. She specified that her decision was not related to concerns she would not win re-election. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann, who last year ran for the Republican presidential nomination, announced on Wednesday that she will stand down from her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In a video posted on her website and on YouTube, the stressed that her decision to stand down from her Minnesota seat was not due to any concern she would be defeated at the next election in 2014 or the inquiries into activities of her former presidential campaign staff.
And she said she would continue to fight for the policies she believes in and that her future was "limitless and my passion for America will remain."
"There is no future option or opportunity … that I wouldn't be giving serious consideration if it can help save and protect our great nation," she said.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann shares a very special message with the people of Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. Learn more at MicheleBachmann.com
Bachmann said her decision to run for Congress and to seek the presidency had been "based solely on my heartfelt concern for our country's future."
"Unfortunately today I am even more concerned about our country's future than I've ever been in the past," she said.
"On so many issues, we're clearly on the wrong track," she added.
She said her decision was not influenced by her tough reelection campaign or the investigation into her 2012 presidential campaign. "Be assured, my decision was not in any way influenced by any concerns about my being re-elected to Congress," Bachmann said. "And rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign or my former presidential staff."
But Bachmann had already begun running television ads in her district -- a full 17 months ahead of the 2014 election.
Businessman Jim Graves, the Democrat who narrowly lost to Bachmann last fall, recently announced his intentions to run again. In a statement after her announcement, Graves said, "This serves to show that even Rep. Bachmann is hearing that Minnesota's 6th is ready for a new, business-oriented approach. As recent polling indicates, our message is resonating with the people of the 6th District and she recognized that. She must also have recognized that it would be an uphill battle for her going forward."
Bachmann said she had fought for a balanced budget and fiscal responsibility and warned of the "ultimate risk of the destruction of our entire economic system."
She said she had "called out the Muslim Jihadi terrorists for who they are and for the evil they perpetrate upon our people" and highlighted the blunders of U.S. foreign policy in relation to the Arab Spring uprisings, which she described as an "evil earthquake."
Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who staged a run for president in 2011, announced on Wednesday she would not run for another term. Politico's Mike Allen joins Morning Joe to discuss her decision
She also slammed the "despicable treatment" by the U.S. of "our great friend and ally Israel."
Bachmann said she would continue to fight to protect "innocent human life," "traditional marriage," "family values," "religious liberty," and "academic excellence."
And she would also oppose the Democrats, saying "our founders would hardly even recognize" the U.S. of today.
"Feel confident that over the next 18 months I will continue to work 100-hour weeks and continue to do everything I can to advance our conservative principles that have served as the bedrock for who we are as a nation."


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Back in 2013 we reviewed the fried chicken version of the McDonald's Premium Chicken and Bacon McWrap fast food "sandwich." Back then, we were quite pleased with the taste and generous portions offered. In addition, the quality of the ingredients seemed high.
Flash forward to 2015, we wanted to see if the sandwich stood the test of time. So this time, I ordered the grilled chicken version.
Still arriving in the same funky Hot Pocket-style tear-away box, my McWrap was excellent. The chicken and a big slab of bacon were sticking out of the front of the wrap in what can only be described as the closest resemblance to the food stylist promotional picture of any food item I have ever ordered!
A little blurry, but here is what the contents looked like when the McWrap was, um, unwrapped:
Gloriously packed with tasty items, the McWrap is a bit of a cross between a grilled chicken salad and a sandwich. For a fast food premium menu item, I think people would feel pretty good about enjoying this. 490 calories, 19g fat, 41g carbs, 31g protein, and 1540mg sodium. Yeah, the fat grams come largely from the cheese and the "creamy garlic sauce." All in all, not terrible nutrition-wise and tasty enough to make you forget you are eating cucumbers at McDonald's!
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With three new commissioners on board in Calhoun County, change is to be expected. After being sworn in last Tuesday morning, Lee Lee Brown (district 1), Lee Shelton (district 3) and Thomas Flowers (district 5) joined existing board members, Darrell McDougald (district 2) and Truman Grant (district 4), at the table for their first official meeting Tuesday night. Flowers was quickly elected chair of the new board as the session got underway.
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The Meson de la Flota is not strictly speaking a hotel but a bar with a few rooms above it which are more than occasionally used, one suspects, by clients of the hostelry who find the prospect of walking a straight line to their more distant accommodation a little too challenging to contemplate.
The establishment is designed around a maritime theme in celebration of Havana's salty, swashbuckling history and is liberally decorated with signal flags, model ships, barrels, ships' wheels, lanterns and other seagoing paraphernalia.
There's a good selection of wines and some excellent tapas at the bar, along with exuberant performances of Cubano-Flamenco music every day.
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24 hour reception
Air conditioning
Breakfast - à la carte
Hotel was recently renovated
International cuisine
Internet on hotel's PCs
Luggage storage
Malecon max 5min walk
Mastercard & Visa (not USA bank issued) accepted
Nightclub nearby
Old building restored
Reception staff speak Spanish, English, French, German, Italian
Safety - uniformed security personnel 24hrs
Shops max 2min walk
Taxis desk
Telephone - national & international calls
TV room/bar (international channels & videos)
Voltage 110/120
There are only 5 rooms at the Meson de la Flota, and if you don't secure one of the three grand ones just behind the building's façade it probably isn't worth braving the incessant racket of round-the-clock flamenco rising from the bar. If you love the music, though, you'll love the Meson, and even if all that stamping, clapping, strumming, yelping and howling is anathema to you, you might consider the judicious use of earplugs in order to enjoy the high ceilings, comfortable beds with bedspreads charmingly decorated with schooners and seahorses, elegant French doors onto balconies overlooking Calle Mercaderes and shiny white bathrooms where the staff fold the towels into ship-shapes. All of the rooms are twin bedded.
© 2013 Nigel Hunt
110 volt outlets
Air conditioning
Baby's cot (on request)
Balcony (subject to availability)
Bathroom (ensuite)
Hot & cold water
In-room safe
Minibar / Fridge
Satellite TV
Twin beds
More Hotels in Old Havana:
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Oil above $102 on Ukraine crisis, U.S. supply drop
The price of U.S. oil climbed above $102 a barrel Wednesday amid ongoing tensions in Ukraine and an industry report showing crude stocks falling at a key U.S. storage hub.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark U.S. crude for June delivery was up 38 cents to $102.08 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Tuesday, the Nymex contract jumped $1.11 to settle at $101.70, its highest close since April 24. Brent crude, an international benchmark, was up 54 cents to $109.78 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
Much of the focus in energy markets remains centered on Ukraine, where the government has agreed to launch talks on decentralizing power within the framework of a European-backed peace plan. However, pro-Russian insurgents who have declared independence in two eastern regions have not been invited. On Tuesday, officials said six soldiers were killed and nine injured in an ambush by the insurgents.
"Prices were boosted by the escalation of the situation in east Ukraine," analysts at Commerzbank in Frankfurt said in a report.
Oil prices were also supported by a report from the industry-funded American Petroleum Institute that showed an unexpected decline of 590,000 barrels in crude stockpiles in Cushing, Oklahoma, the Nymex contract's settlement point. Crude supplies, however, rose overall by 912,000 barrels.
On Wednesday, the Energy Department will issue its benchmark report on U.S. crude supplies. According to a survey of analysts by Platts, they are forecast to have fallen last week by 1.5 million barrels. That would be the second weekly decline since the nation's supply of oil reached a record 399.4 million barrels as of April 25.
In other energy futures trading in New York:
- Wholesale gasoline gained 1.77 cents to $2.9333 a gallon.
- Natural gas added 4.1 cents to $4.399 per 1,000 cubic feet.
- Heating oil rose 1.11 cents to $2.9551 a gallon.